Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807-34) has long been known to specialists in abolitionist history. A Hicksite Quaker from Philadelphia who moved to the Michigan Territory in 1830, she had already achieved a minor reputation for her sentimental poetry, which, along with a number of essays, was collected and published after her death. History remembers her for her early commitment to the antislavery movement. With fellow Quaker Laura S. Haviland, she organized the first antislavery society in the Old Northwest in 1832, earning the admiration of better-known abolitionist luminaries such as William Lloyd Garrison, Benjamin Lundy, and Lucretia Mott. Fortunately, family members collected the letters that Chandler wrote to relatives in Philadelphia after the move west; they are the core of this volume, providing an enthralling portrait of an articulate, thoughtful young woman who was a committed social reformer. Along the way, the letters also provide a vivid, sometimes moving, depiction of a woman's life on the Michigan frontier. Kudos to Michigan State University Press for its attractive production and to Mason for her incisive introduction and careful editing. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. T. D. Hamm Earlham College